Reads Listens Views 7/10/2014

Listens

H/T to my old roommate Jason Shablik.

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If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to content I’m saving for later consumption or pieces that I found compelling. You may not like everything listed here, but you’re bound to like something.

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Listens

Another version of Bemsha Swing, this time by the late Esbojorn Svensson and his trio in 2000. Great work.

Reads (Life In General)

The Hitler Gun Control Lie – When it comes to this issue, I believe in stronger licensing requirements, better education, and more stringent enforcement; not banning firearms. But let’s stop linking gun control to dictatorships. Informative read.